Her objections to Catholicism, including its attitudes towards women
Oral History Interviews
These short clips from interviews are ideally suited to classroom use. If no photo is displayed, the clip is in audio format only.
Arroyo-Holmstrom, Linda, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
Her extended family’s interactions in Boulder’s Goss + Water Sts. Neighborhood, late 1960s-1970s
Arroyo-Holmstrom, Linda, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
Her grandmother’s making tortillas for everyone who came in
Casas Ibarra, Ana Karina, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
Difficulty of going to school when she arrived in Boulder, speaking no English
Casas Ibarra, Ana Karina, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
Crossing the desert border with her mom and little brothers, without papers
Casas Ibarra, Ana Karina, Clip #3 (video, 2013)
Why she decided to go to college despite her financial problems as an undocumented student
Cordova, Augustine Eliseo, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
Being a student activist at CU-Boulder in the early 1970s
Cordova, Augustine Eliseo, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
The events surrounding the death of “Los Seis” in 1974
De Luna, Deisy, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
College student telling other young people to stick with education, the only way to get ahead
De Luna, Deisy, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
Her education after coming from Mexico when she was 11
Estrada, Cleopatra, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
The culture shock of coming from field work in the San Luis Valley to CU-Boulder in 1969
Estrada, Cleopatra, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
Student activism at CU-Boulder in early 1970s and the people killed in the “Los Seis” bombings
Estrada, Cleopatra, Clip #3 (video, 2013)
A former student’s first interactions with militant Chicanas from Denver when she came to CU-Boulder in 1969
Garcia, Richard, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
The Migrant Action Program at CU-Boulder and coming to the university in 1970
Garcia, Richard, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
Chicano activism, the Migrant Action Program, and UMAS at CU-Boulder in the early 1970s
Gonzales, Doris, Clip #1 (audio, 2013)
“White trade only” sign at a café in Longmont in 1947
Hernandez, Philip, Clip #1 (video, 2013)
Increase of Mexican American students at CU-Boulder starting in late 1960s and their impact
Hernandez, Philip, Clip #2 (video, 2013)
When and why his grandparents came to Colorado, starting in 1909, and what work they did